광주지역 초등학교 6학년의 식생활능력 및 인성에 관한 연구

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This study examined dietary life competency and personality of elementary school students and analyzed the relationship between dietary life competency and personality in order to suggest a desirable dietary life education direction. For this, it conducted the questionnaire with the whole 98 6 th graders of an elementary school in Gwangju city and obtained the following results. Dietary life competency was highest in the area of preparing a meal and eating a meal and lowest in the area of food choice . It was considered that as the subjects of research were the sixth graders who learned practical course, they had the experience of cooking and then education of food choice was required because there would be many occasions for elementary students to choose their meals or snacks for themselves. As a result of examining dietary life competency according to variables, economic condition showed significant differences in the areas of preparing a meal and eating a meal and nutrition management whereas school life satisfaction showed significant differences in the area of self-assessment . As a result of examining personality, the area of sociality was highest and that of emotionality was lowest, but there was no significant difference in gender. As a result of analyzing personality scores according to dietary life competency, personality scores in superior group of dietary life competency in sociality, emotionality and morality were significantly higher than those of other groups. As a result of analyzing correlations between dietary life competency and personality, it was found that dietary life competency had significant positive correlations with sociality and emotionality among personality areas, but there was no significant difference in morality. Therefore, since it was found that there were correlations between dietary life competency and personality in elementary students and there were correlations between sociality and emotionality in sub-areas, it is considered that dietary life education from elementary school will contribute to the enhancement of personality.